diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 14c977e1e4bb..e9501fb28477 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ retry:
 	inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(mnt_userns, dir, mode,
 					    NULL, 0, NULL,
 					    EXT4_HT_DIR,
-			EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+			EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
 			  4 + EXT4_XATTR_TRANS_BLOCKS);
 	handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);